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brood box question

I'm looking to start beekeeping this spring in northwest Florida. I've talked to a very knowledgeable man in the area, and he said use one brood chamber, then put the honey supers on. Everywhere I read though, people use two brood chambers. Does anyone else use just one?

Re: brood box question

I'm not exactly sure on your time lines down there, but what we do is work in one chamber and super ontop. I do this during the swarmy season to give the queen an empty box to lay in, and then push her back down Into the single, queen excluder, a few weeks before I start collecting honey

Re: brood box question

The second box is mostly used for winter stores around here. However, you will find plenty beekeepers that winter in singles and even nucs. I have overwintered singles successfully in NW Ohio and I am trying out nucs this year.